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I have never had an objection. The credenial is mostly about you being a pilgrim.will any albergue care that my credentials show me hopping around
How far “back” did you get? I’m planning Finesterre to Leon in 2019.So I began making my way backwards on the CF last year from SdC. My plan was to continue that this year however I haven’t actually walked to Finisterre or Muxia and I’m feeling pulled in that direction. My dumb question is, will any albergue care that my credentials show me hopping around. Should I just get a new credential? Thanks for your input!
How far “back” did you get? I’m planning Finesterre to Leon in 2019.
I have never had an objection. The credenial is mostly about you being a pilgrim.
I do not recall any Alburgue, church or bar even looking at where I had been the day before until I got to Santiago.
.Got my credentiale stamped all over in a creative chaos , even got some drawing with color pencils
you can even log it yourself when roughing it under the stars
it doesn't matter , it's only your pilgrim tracks not a thought police document
A 'higgly-piggly' credencial is only an issue if and when you present it at the Pilgrim Office to try to obtain a Compostela. The staff usually examines a credencial to use the chronological sellos to establish a definite line-of-march in a more or less direct line from somewhere at least 100 km distant, into Santiago.
If you are all over the place with no direct line for the final 100 km into Santiago, and if you want a Compostela, be prepared to explain your route. A paper map with a line drawn on the route to explain would help. But you still must document that you walked the FINAL 100 km on any route to get to Santiago.
As a suggestion, and if you are taking pictures along your travels; data and location-stamped smartphone photos have frequently saved the day for imaginative pilgrims who failed to obtain their sellos either in order, or in enough quantity (two each day for the final 100 km) to qualify the usual way. Most folks do not think of this, but it can help you explain your meandering ways.
Hope this helps.
!aiesuS te aiertlU¡ Enjoy your backwards walking. It really is about your journey, however you mix it up. Have you read the related bit of Taras Grescoe’s book?
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.My credentiale freaked the person giving the compostella , I had so many stamps I had added a second credentiale and stuck it with cello tape , kept it ,stuck a third one and re-used it three years later when doing Vilnius to Vezelay and had stamps on both recto and verso .
that was a great conversation piece
It now looks like my mind , a greatly expanded chaotic jumble
When I did SdC to Muxi & then Finisterre in late 2014 I used the same passport with no problem. Where I stayed in Muxia the place was unattended & my walkung companion & I were the only 2 pilgrims. It's a lovely walk, a little steep out of SdC but well worth it! Beun CaminoSo I began making my way backwards on the CF last year from SdC. My plan was to continue that this year however I haven’t actually walked to Finisterre or Muxia and I’m feeling pulled in that direction. My dumb question is, will any albergue care that my credentials show me hopping around. Should I just get a new credential? Thanks for your input!
We had a guy in last week with a jumble of stamps from about 6 different caminos. He said he was just wandering Spain and thought he'd ask (about a Compostela) and wasn't particularly put out with "NO".A 'higgly-piggly' credencial is only an issue if and when you present it at the Pilgrim Office to try to obtain a Compostela. The staff usually examines a credencial to use the chronological sellos to establish a definite line-of-march in a more or less direct line from somewhere at least 100 km distant, into Santiago.
If you are all over the place with no direct line for the final 100 km into Santiago, and if you want a Compostela, be prepared to explain your route. A paper map with a line drawn on the route to explain would help. But you still must document that you walked the FINAL 100 km on any route to get to Santiago.
As a suggestion, and if you are taking pictures along your travels; data and location-stamped smartphone photos have frequently saved the day for imaginative pilgrims who failed to obtain their sellos either in order, or in enough quantity (two each day for the final 100 km) to qualify the usual way. Most folks do not think of this, but it can help you explain your meandering ways.
Hope this helps.
Once the credential has been stamped by the Pilgrim Office and a Compostela issued it is, in effect, closed down. You can buy another one from them though. You don't need one if you're walking from SdC to Finisterre as they're only required for pilgrimages to Santiago not from there. You might like to have one for souvenir purposes.I walked Camino Frances last year, and this autumn I want to walk from Santiago to Finisterre. Do I need a new credentiale, or I can walk with an old one? If I need to get a new one, maybe someone knows, where I can get it in Santiago?
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